Christmas free book giveaway! ๐ We want to make someone happy with a
#free
Mastering Microsoft Endpoint Manager book for the holidays to educate yourself on
#MEM
and
#Windows365
for the new year. Just reply/like and you are in. Merry Christmas! ๐
ANNOUNCEMENT! ๐ฅIntroducing: the new Windows app โ a refreshed new
#unified
client
#experience
to connect to your Windows 365 Cloud PCs, AVD Desktops/RemoteApps, RDS, Remote Desktop, or Microsoft Dev Box from ONE single app! Thatโs not everything, next to Windows - itโs also
America, here we come!! Iโm moving to Redmond, Washington ๐บ๐ธ to start my new
@Microsoft
adventure soon!
Travel permit ok โ
Working visa โ
House sold โ
Iโm transitioning to a US-based Product Engineering role within
@Microsoft
. Watch this space - more news to come soonโผ๏ธ
ANNOUNCEMENT! The future is here! On behalf of our team, I'm extremely excited to announce that
#Windows
365
#Boot
is now available to deploy in public preview! A feature we worked on over 1,5y across multiple teams in Microsoft. Log on to your Cloud PCs from the Windows 11
YES! ๐ฅ We're incredibly excited to share that we've updated the Connection Bar (aka as the iconic blue bar) to a new, refreshed (light/dark mode) design that aligns with our Windows 11 design principles. You can download the new RD Client Insiders preview
Iโm excited to share that moving forward, Iโm also going to be the community lead for the Enterprise Mobility, RDS, and Azure Virtual Desktop
#MVPs
next to the
#Windows
365 MVP program w/
@megahoch
!
Are you interested in joining one of the programs, please DM me!
#Community
STICKERS GIVE AWAY! I just received the first batch of
#Windows365
stickers to give away during events. I know events are a bit difficult due to the circumstances, but I want to give away some per mail โ๏ธ! Respond below if you want one, you might be lucky ๐!
PRESS RELEASE! ANNOUNCING
#Windows
365 cloud PC!! Finally, we can reveal the new Cloud service our team has been working on! Iโm so excited, read more about the service here and pay attention to Inspire and my social accounts. Read more here โฌ๏ธ
Wow! What an amazing
#MSIgnite
announcement. Introducing Microsoft Intune
#Enterprise
#App
#Management
for Microsoft
#Intune
! Keeping all your apps secure and updated INCLUDING third-party applications! Well done Danny Guillory Jr Bryan Keller Jason Roszak Steve Dispensa and the
Please RT! BOOKMARK THIS. New Azure Solutions Center โ Windows Virtual Desktop (
#WVD
) at Enterprise scale content! After a lot of hours working together within different Microsoft internal field Teams - it's ready! Must read. Check it all here:
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!! ๐ 400+ pages about Mastering Microsoft Endpoint Manager (
#MEM
): Learn everything about managing
#Windows
10/11 and
#Windows365
on both physical and cloud PCs!!
@PerLarsen1975
and I can finally reveal our secret โ pre-order TODAY! โฌ๏ธ
Please RT! (Windows) Virtual Desktop
#Optimization
#Tool
now available (previously known as VDIGuys). Learn how to optimize your Windows 10 single and multi-session images with this new community tool.
#WVD
Find all the information here:
PUBLIC PREVIEW! The future of hybrid computing.
#Windows365
#Switch
is now available in Public
#Preview
! Switch between your local and Cloud PC in seconds within the Windows Task view - or just swipe into your Cloud PC with 4 fingers!
Congratulations v-team; Elina Luthra Arjun
Please RT!๐ฅWeekend read. Modernize your print server environment. Learn how to implement and deploy (with
#MEM
) new cloud-service
#UniversalPrint
to simplify the way you manage your printers
#MEM
#WVD
#UEM
| read more here โฉ
ANNOUNCEMENT: GPU-enabled Cloud PCs! Weโre excited to share that you can now sign-up for this preview. Having the need for enhanced engineering or designer workloads w/ AutoCAD, Refit or Adobe Photoshop? Signup at โ to get early access! Congrats Seneca
Please RT! Great news! Today we announce the (long-awaited) General availability (
#GA
) release of
#AzureFiles
on-premises Active Directory (
#AD
) Domain Services authentication. Read more about it here.
#WVD
@FSLogix
#MSIX
Cool stuff. Migrating your Windows Apps to Microsoft Intune? Look at this great Community tool called
#Intune
App Factory. โIntune App Factory is an automated solution that combines the flexibility and power of Azure DevOps Pipelines together with the IntuneWin32App PowerShell
MORE NEWS! ๐ฅ Weโre testing both
#Windows365
Boot and Switch internally now, meaning ๐ ready to release!! This has been a great journey moving
#Windows
to the
#Cloud
w/ a stellar engineering team here at Microsoft. We also worked on Windows 365 integrations in Lenovoโs new
Switching gears! โฌ๏ธ Iโm thrilled to share that Iโm joining
@RDS4U
โs Engineering team as PM and Community lead under
@Anderson
. Working on bringing
#WVD
and Microsoft Endpoint Manager (
#MEM
) closer togetherโcontinue driving community effortsโto empower our customers! Very excited!
ANNOUNCEMENT! Our new
#Windows365
#Frontline
to help shift- and part-time workers (call centers, service workers, finance, Heathcare etc)using our service more effectively is NOW available in preview!! โWith 10 licenses, up to 30 Cloud PCs can be provisioned.โ! Congrats to the
Did you hear that correct? YES - you did!
@Office365
ProPlus for Server 2019 till October 2025 โ plus all
@FSLogix
products for (almost) everyone! A (nother) great day for desktop virtualization (
#VDI
) customers! Check it out here >>
(Again) Good news for VDI users!โMicrosoft
#Teams
Per-Machine is now available! Solves another challenge after
#OneDrive
per-machine. "This article describes the requirements and limitations for using Microsoft Teams in a virtualized environment." >>
ICYMI. ๐กGreat new
#OneDrive
feature. Exclude files and extensions from syncing to OneDrive to exclude shortcuts, URLs, PSTs etc. Learn more here in my blog:
GA ANNOUNCEMENT! ๐ฅ
#WVD
via the Azure Portal (
#ARM
-based)โand
#Teams
AV support is now officially released
#NOW
into generally available -
#GA
! Huge day for all the teams involved. We also renamed the fall release to classic. Read everything here:
๐ก๐งฐ Does your organization want to block Microsoft store access for users, but still want to deploy the new
#Windows365
app / Store apps via WinGet and benefit from auto-updates? Replace/remove all your existing GPO store based settings by the one just below, and your good from
ANNOUNCEMENT!! Weโre extremely
#excited
to share 4 (!) new features TODAY
#Windows365
app,
#switch
,
#boot
-
#offline
will make accessing Windows great for ANY hybrid remote work (device) scenario! A incredible moment - as multiple teams are involved! โคต๏ธ
Cool OneDrive improvement! ๐ฅ
#Exclude
specific files from sync to the
@OneDrive
cloud by file name or
#extension
e.g. shortcuts, OSTs, and .exe files. Clean up your data/folders move cross platforms with this! Learn more here via
@Hansbrender
โฉ
NOW AVAILABLE! ๐ฅ Weโre extremely happy to share that our book:
#Mastering
#Windows365
! Learn everything about Windows
#CloudPCs
- your chance to go from zero to hero and learn about Boot, Switch, Frontline, deep-dive on deployments and other tips and tricks. Order now via โฌ๏ธ
AMAZING. A small ๐celebration, appreciation giveaway!๐ฅณWe just heard from the book publisher that our book broke the
#record
of
#selling
most books the first weekdays. You can
#WIN
a free book by replying! ๐
(Most regions)
(All)
LEARN! ๐ Iโm excited to share that our first Microsoft Exam MD-102: Endpoint Administrator will be including
#Windows365
and is planned to be released early May! Get trained as Modern Desktop Admin on how to configure Cloud PCs, Intune and more and get certified! More info:
๐ Did you know that the Acrylic
#blur
effect on the sign-in screen background of Windows 10 Enterprise is a resource-intensive effect during logon? Disable it via โฌ๏ธ
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon
DWORD Value: 1 (Enabled)
COMING SOON! Official
#NestedVirtualization
support for
#Windows365
Cloud PC! With this feature, you can run Windows Subsystem (WSL) for
#Linux
/Android, Hyper-V, and more! Go check out our public roadmap here for more details โคต๏ธ
Please RT! Learn more specifics about the Windows Virtual Desktop (
#WVD
) architecture w/ with this free poster we created for
@MS_Ignite
. Go get it here - for free >>
Weโve updated the notification for unmanaged devices connecting to Azure AD (AAD) resources โ and should be available in your production tenant today. You could also suppress this prompt via โฌ๏ธ
GA ANNOUNCEMENT! We're super excited to share that Windows 365
#Boot
and
#Switch
have BOTH announced Generally Availability -
#GA
today! This has been going over multiple teams in Microsoft such as Windows, WCX/Windows 365, and Intune. Grateful to have been able to contribute to
Free DEMO! Do you want to demonstrate Windows 365 to your customers, partners or end-users? You can use this free and publicly available Click-Through-Demo we just posted online! Go to to get started
Windows 365 and Intune
#Suite
/ Microsoft Intune Endpoint Privilege Management (
#EPM
) is now ready to use! Great work by Matt & Matt, Mike Danoski and Dilip Radhakrishnan! Go check article โฌ๏ธ
Great news. We opened the public
#preview
of
#MSIX
#appattach
. Learn how to configure and publish applications separate from the OS (like Profile Container) via
#VHDs
to your (Windows) Virtual Desktop (
#WVD
) environment here! Please send us your feedback.
Did you know this? Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 is now part of Microsoft 365 E3 (for
#Windows365
). โThe new Plan 1 is a subset of the capabilities that are in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint todayโ. Learn more here โฌ๏ธ
A huge success. Cannot say more. 2100 registrations - roughly 1000 live attendees and above all - great feedback! Thank you all the
#MVPs
speakers, colleagues and most importantly YOU - the
#community
. Until next time. Recordings will be shared soon.
#WVDevent2020
I'm very happy to announce our new
#Windows365
Cloud PC Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (
#MVP
) for the community! I've been an MVP myself and know great it is to become one! Our you are willing to become a rockstar on Cloud PC please reach out!
Great news! You can now deploy store app / WinGet e.g. the
#Windows365
app via Autopilot/ESP and have them pre-loaded before the users signs in! Flighting should be finished on Monday. Read more about it via:
Good resource. Antivirus (
#AV
) Configuration Common Mistakes and Best Practice. โWe discuss about Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Antivirus Configurationโ. Read more here.
Friday fun fact. Did you know that Windows Virtual Desktop (
#WVD
) also works on a
#Tesla
โ via the HTML5 Web Portal? Working on your
#LOB
#virtual
Applications while charging your car. ๐
SSO FTW! ๐ I'm pleased to share that we finally support Single-Sign-On auth as part of our Windows 365 app for Windows (+Web)! More seamless = no more auth. prompts to double-enter your credentials! Enable it today in your provisioning policy settings!
SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT!๐๏ธIโm very excited to share our
#WindowsInTheCloud
webcast series where we highlight new features from engineering, best practices, and more! The first episode is coming up
#tomorrow
w/
@JenMsft
- Microsoft! Register and more info hereโฉ
ANNOUNCEMENTS.๐ฅRolling out to customers NOW. Azure AD Join (
#AADJ
) support for
#Windows365
Enterprise, easy
#language
pack support, and
#new
#regions
Germany West Central and Central US. No need for Azure subscriptions or AD anymore! Check out his blog โคต๏ธ
TODAY, it's 1 year ago that we published Mastering Microsoft Endpoint Manager - to learn Deploy & Manage Windows 10/11 and
#Windows365
w/
@PerLarsen1975
. A great (unexpected) success with over 5000/5k copies sold - still going up every day!
COMMUNITY LOVE! โค๏ธ We do appreciate the Microsoft community and MVPs a lot. Therefore we create this section to appreciate all the Microsoft
#MVPs
and all other passionate contributors out there in our book ๐!
Go update! ๐
@FSLogix
Apps release 2009 has gone into Generally Availability status (
#GA
)! It includes fixes for e.g.
#OneDrive
, search, RW disk cleanup, and more. You can download it here:
Hello Redmond ๐! We made it. Itโs great to be back at
#Microsoft
campus to work from here together with a amazing team of people!
Let the
#innovation
start!
#Hint
: Did you register for Microsoft Inspire already? ๐
#cloud
#microsoft365
Stay tuned.
Security baseline (FINAL). โWe are pleased to announce the final release of the security configuration baseline settings for Windows 10 and Windows Server version 2004.โ
DOCS RELEASE! Our
#Windows365
public-facing
#MicrosoftDocs
- documentation has gone live and is now available! Make sure to bookmark to kick the tires today on our service.
READY TO SHIP! Our
#book
: Mastering Microsoft Endpoint Manager: Deploy and manage Windows 10,
#Windows11
, and
#Windows365
on both physical and cloud PCs - is NOW AVAILABLE!
@PerLarsen1975
Amazon order link:
Packt order link:
PRESS RELEASE! ๐
#Citrix
extends
#Windows365
Cloud PC to new audiences. โCitrix and Microsoft will bring Citrix
#HDX
to Windows 365 later this year, through Microsoft Endpoint Manager
#MEM
! More information โคต๏ธ
Soon, you will be able to personalize your Windows 365
#Boot
- Shared PC logon screen to your own company logo/banding preferences! More news will be shared ๐ with more exciting features coming up such as Windows Hello support! Stay tuned and happy holidays!
FREE new MSLearn module! Learn how to easily manage
#Windows365
Cloud PCs and Virtual Desktops. Prepare yourself for deplying
#Windows365
and MORE. Go check it out now! โฌ๏ธ
Must read - Get to know the differences between Roaming Profiles, UPD - Enterprise State Roaming and
#OneDrive
Cloud Files (Known Folder Move) in this Microsoft Docs around on
@Azure
Files and
@FSLogix
best practices.
Please RT!
#Teams
AV redirection for
#WVD
is now available in Public
#Preview
! Learn here how to install and configure with AV Redirection media optimizations on Windows Virtual Desktop (
#WVD
).
Please RT! The new long-awaited Azure
#WVD
Management Portal improvements (and more) are release in Public Preview today!! More info can be found here:
Start VM on connect starts Public
#Preview
! โThe Start Virtual Machine (VM) on Connect (preview) feature lets you save costs by letting you deallocate your VMsโ. Learn how to use it here >>
๐ก Did you know you can now configure Watermarking, Screen Capture Protection, Shortpath and more features per Intune - Settings Catalog settings for both
#Windows365
and AVD? Go check it out now. Great work
@MikeDanoski
and team - glad it landed for our customers! โฌ๏ธ
Weโre excited to share that we started the last round of final edits to release our new
#Mastering
Microsoft
#Intune
book. The book covers EVERYTHING you need to know about Intune Core, Intune Suite (EPM, Enterprise App Mgt etc), Security Copilot,
#Windows365
, Windows 11
We just finished a internal customer based community presentation on
#Windows365
for ~300 elite customers and partners. They loved it - and weโre just getting started!
#August2nd
#GA
#MEM
ONLY 5$! ๐ Interested in learning about Microsoft
#Intune
and
#Windows365
during the holiday season? You can now purchase our bestseller as eBook for just 5$ via the link below. w/
@PerLarsen1975
URL โก๏ธ
Tips and tricks. Want to automatically configure the userโs mailbox in Outlook in your Windows Virtual Desktop session seamless without (user) interaction? Make sure to activate the following setting to make that happen!
#WVD
#O365ProPlus
#M365AppsforEnterprise
Good news for
#WVD
! More PaaS for DaaS! We are excited to announce the (public) preview of
#AzureFiles
Active Directory (
#AD
) authentication. Let us know your feedback! Read more here:
Family and passion! After 2 years living in the United States ๐บ๐ธ, moments when your core family is 7833 KM apart can be difficult. It drives you and makes you appreciate the small things, health, and accomplishments in life the most. It realizes you to enjoy every minor or major